Beer of the Week (w/e 27th August 2017)

[ROBCamra]

Bucking Fastard: Froth Blowers Gollop with Zest
Aqualung: Torrside West Of The Sun
Spinko: Thornbridge Kipling
hondo: Edinburgh Beer Factory Paolozzi
Mobyduck: Dark Star Not Into Yoga
Wittenden: Musket Muzzleloader
aleandhearty: Thornbridge Kipling
Thuck Phat: Brancaster Oystercatcher
london calling: Northern Whisper Beltie
Komakino: Tiny Rebel Stay Puft Marshmallow Porter
ROBCamra: Navigation Sour Diesel IPA

[Bucking Fastard]

Borough ,Gospel Oak,Croydon.

Harvey's -- Armada Ale
Harvey's -- Old Ale
Harvey's -- Lewes Castle Brown Ale *
Hogs Back -- TEA
Anarchy Brew -- Boot Boys *
Mc Mullens -- Rivertown Brewing Zeppelin
Dark Star -- Not into Yoga *
Dark Star -- Session IPA
Kent Brewery -- The New Black *
Froth Blowers -- Gollop with Zest * (3PT)
Saltaire -- Solaris *
Saltaire -- Blonde *
Burning Sky -- Aurora *

A quality week with BOTW going to Froth Blowers Gollop with Zest on top form in The Southampton Arms (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23788/),a really quaffable golden ale which sailed through the three pint test.

Next week mainly pints while quizzing,quality could be low.

[london calling]

Borough ,Gospel Oak,Croydon.

Harvey's -- Armada Ale
Harvey's -- Old Ale
Harvey's -- Lewes Castle Brown Ale *
Hogs Back -- TEA
Anarchy Brew -- Boot Boys *
Mc Mullens -- Rivertown Brewing Zeppelin
Dark Star -- Not into Yoga *
Dark Star -- Session IPA
Kent Brewery -- The New Black *
Froth Blowers -- Gollop with Zest * (3PT)
Saltaire -- Solaris *
Saltaire -- Blonde *
Burning Sky -- Aurora *

A quality week with BOTW going to Froth Blowers Gollop with Zest on top form in The Southampton Arms (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23788/),a really quaffable golden ale which sailed through the three pint test.

Next week mainly pints while quizzing,quality could be low.
Well that answers my question about the condition of the beer.Had 2 Frothblowers beers both in the Southampton and both barely drinkable but that's life.cheers john

[Aqualung]

Not a bad week :-


Holt's Mild 3.2%
Hawkshead Windermere Pale 3.5%
Holden's Black Country Bitter 3.8%
Holt's Bitter 4.0%
Hop Studio Vanilla Porter 4.3%
Northallerton Lizzie D 4.4%
Three Castles Autumn Daze 4.4%
Amber Lime Stout 4.4%
St Andrews Crail Ale 4.5%
Saltaire Amarillo Gold 4.5%
Torrside West Of The Sun 4.5%
Big Bog Will O' The Wisp 4.7%
Brunswick Rocket 4.7%
Titanic Plum Porter 4.9%
Kelham Island Rock Me Amadeus 5.0%
Peerless This Is Eccles 5.0%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Tombstone Big Nose Kate 5.2%
Dancing Duck Abduction 5.5%
Castle Rock Screech Owl 5.5%
Phoenix Wobbly Bob 6.0%
Brunswick Black Sabbath 6.5%
Salopian Automaton 7.0%


I'm going for the Torrside West Of The Sun as tried for £3.30 in the excellent Alexandra near Derby station. It's a real hop bomb that would send one of the boring brown beer brigade into an apoplectic rage, If this hypothetical person were also to try the Lime Stout also on sale they would probably need restraining as it tasted heavily of lime and I thought should be added to Beer Hell along with Peanut Butter Mild, Peppermint IPA and all sours.


BOTW Torrside West Of The Sun

[Spinko]

Thornbridge - Kipling. £2.25 in the Looking Glass Wethers in Warrington on Friday.

[hondo]

Edinburgh Beer Factory - Paolozzi keg

[Mobyduck]

Purity Pure Gold
Wye Valley HPA
Three Daggers Blonde
Downton Junga Juice
Red Cat Mr M's Porter
Hopback Summer Lightning
St Austell Trelawny
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Timothy Taylor Knowle Spring
Oakham Citra
Oakham Scarlet Macaw
Dark Star American Pale Ale
Dark Star Not Into Yoga

BOTW is Dark Star Not Into Yoga ,the more I had the better it got, easily surpassing three pints two days running.

[Wittenden]

Kent
Lines Brew Co: Small Beer ‘Cryo Hop’ – LINE AD (Phat Firkin) 3.2%abv.Dry and fruity,but with an extreme level of turbidity. Unsure if this is the right name, as the pump clip was difficult to read, and the website is out of Pseuds' Corner.Enamel raspingly hoppy.Unfined,it tasted fine,but my experience of full mash homebrewing in the 70s and 80s taught me that unfined beer will always fall clear, given time.
Musket:Muzzleloader 4.5%abv: Smoaky dark chestnut best bitter.Steadfast and dependable. My BOTW.

[Bucking Fastard]

Well that answers my question about the condition of the beer.Had 2 Frothblowers beers both in the Southampton and both barely drinkable but that's life.cheers john

All the pints that I had were in good condition (and I had quite a few :o) ,but a friend of mine tried a brew which had just come on,drinkable but murky and no indication on the pump clip that it was unfined,and hence meant to be like that.From my experience there is always the chance of something dodgy there but outweighed by the possibility of a great pint .

[aleandhearty]

Another quiet week for me, although I did manage to tick a new brewery in Northern Whisper.

North Riding - Cascade Pale.*
Thornbridge - Kipling.*
Thornbridge - Hopton.
Brown Cow - White Dragon.
Oakham - Citra.
Revolutions - Clash Porter.*
Northern Whisper - Blighty.
Slightly Foxed - Flying Fox.

Not seen Kipling on draught for a while, so I'll let it take the honours.

[Mobyduck]

All the pints that I had were in good condition (and I had quite a few :o) ,but a friend of mine tried a brew which had just come on,drinkable but murky and no indication on the pump clip that it was unfined,and hence meant to be like that.From my experience there is always the chance of something dodgy there but outweighed by the possibility of a great pint .

I've had more good experiences there than poor ,by some margin.

[Thuck Phat]

More from Norfolk:

Adnams Ghost Ship*
Brancaster Sharpie K12
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Norfolk Brewhouse Pacific Pale Ale*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*

BOTW Brancaster Oystercatcher. A very drinkable, 4.4%, palish beer which whistles down on a hot day.

[london calling]

Shakespeare brewing-bards best
box steam -sand caskale
brinkburn st -pursuit of hoppiness
Gloucester -session ipa *
black jack -sticklbract *
errant -peach ipa *
mcmullens -oc bitter *
durham -black bishop *
northern whisper-yammerhouse *
northern whisper -blighty *
and BOTW
northern whisper -beltie (stout)

[Komakino]

Beer festivals at Chinnor and Marlow RBL as well as some Burford area mop-ups:

Salopian Mojave (3.0%)*
Hook Norton Hooky (3.5%)
Jennings Bitter (3.5%)
Cotswold Lion Shepherd's Delight (3.6%)
CW Eagle IPA (3.6%)
Greene King IPA (3.6%)
Siren Yu Lu (3.6%) (keg)
Chiltern Kop Hill Ale (3.7%)
Navigation New Dawn (3.9%)
Bonds Brews Whirlybird (4.0%)
Fisher's Amber Ale (4.0%)
GK / Morland Original (4.0%)
Tring Squadron Scramble (4.0%)
Wadworth Horizon (4.0%)
GK / Morland Old Golden Hen (4.1%)
Hook Norton Hooky Gold (4.1%)
Oakham Hangar 17 (4.1%)
Tring Kellet (4.2%)
XT 1 (4.2%)*
Bonds Brew Best Bitter (4.3%)
White Horse Wayland Smithy (4.4%)
Bonds Brews Railway Porter (4.5%)
Oxbrew Amber Ale (4.5%)
Titanic Stout (4.5%)
Wye Valley Butty Bach (4.5%)
XT 13 (4.5%)*
Animal / XT Heron (4.6%)
Animal / XT Mioung (4.6%)
Tring Pale Four (4.6%)
Mad Squirrel Sumo (4.7%)
Tring Tea Kettle Stout (4.7%)
Oxbrew Red Ale (5.0%)
XT Brit Hop (5.0%)*
XT / Chinnor Xperimental Beers Chin-Chin (5.3%)
Tiny Rebel Stay Puft Marshmallow Porter (5.6%)*

I'm a sucker for something different, and although I probably couldn't drink more than two of them, this was worthy of the gong in a bumper beering weekend:

BOTW: Tiny Rebel Stay Puft Marshmallow Porter (5.6%)

[ROBCamra]

Navigation Sour Diesel IPA 4.4%. A grapefruity IPA which very refreshing several times in The Baum. :cheers: